Díaz (Zayas), Angá (Miguel Aurelio Díaz) b. June 15, 1960 d. August 9, 2006 Grammy Award Winning Percussionist. He was born Miguel Aurelio Díaz Zayas in the town of San Juan y Martinez, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He studied classical percussion at the National School of Art in Havana and spent his first nine professional years recording and performing with the band Opus 13. But he made his reputation with the Cuban supergroup Irakere in the late 1980's and early 1990's, playing alongside the pianist Chucho Valdés. He then became one of the world's best-...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cementerio de San Juan y Martínez, San Juan y Martinez, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
b. June 15, 1960 d. August 9, 2006